Bus crushes youth to death, people block Jammu-Poonch highway

Jammu, March 06: Jammu-Poonch highway remained blocked for over seven hours last night after a young
boy was crushed to death by a speeding bus in Bagnoti village of Nowshera in Jammu and Kashmir.
Suresh Kumar, son of Ram Prakash, resident of Dandesar, was hit by a bus in Bagnoti village at around 8pm last night.
Soon, locals and relatives of the deceased assembled on the spot and blocked the Jammu-Poonch highway.
Top police and civil administration officials reached on the spot to pacify the protesters, but they didn’t relent.
They demanded job to the sister of the deceased and financial compensation to the family